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Hammer hit a homer
Bribaba - wrote on 05/03/2011
Early (1963) Hammer production that marked the directorial debut of Freddie Francis. What a surprise this turned out to be, up there with the studio’s finest and not a monster in sight, except Oliver Reed. He plays an alcoholic psychopath who tries to scare his neurotic sister (Janette Scott) out of her inheritance, screws the French nurse and plays organ recitals for his late brother who may or may not have committed suicide. There’s another figure present at these musical interludes, one that just stands there wearing a weird mask pretending to be the dead brother. But then the ’dead’ brother shows up (but is it he?) and things start to go really nuts.
Arthur Grant‘s superb b&w Cinemascope photography adds a modernity to the proceedings while being a match for any of the …
